27 events found.
Events for August 4, 2026
Ongoing
CHQ Mystic Heart – Dhara Kowal, Zen Buddhism Meditation Practice
Sensei Dhara Kowal- Kowal is Dharma Successor to Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede, who sanctioned her as a Zen teacher in 2022 and gave her Dharma Transmission in 2025. As a resident...
free
Episcopal Holy Eucharist
Free Sunday Event
Catholic Mass
Chautauqua Prays for Peace though Compassion
free
Rev. Anna Carter Florence
The Rev. Anna Carter Florence is the Peter Marshall Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church. She is also...
Free
Judi Greewald, CEO of the Nuclear Innovation Alliance
Chautauqua Science Group Weekly Lecture Judi Greenwald is the President and CEO of the Nuclear Innovation Alliance. Ms. Greenwald has over 35 years of energy and environmental policy leadership experience...
Children’s School Old First Night Sing-a-long at Smith Wilkes Hall.
Join us to wish CHQ a Happy Birthday at Smith Wilkes Hall!
Service of Blessing and Healing
Free
Ken Burns and Jeffrey Rosen
Celebrating the United States semiquincentennial, Chautauqua presents Week Six, “America at 250: In Partnership with The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.” The milestone anniversary offers an opportunity to survey the previous quarter...
$45
Colonial Williamsburg Historic Trades & Skills Demonstrations
The Colonial Williamsburg Historic Trades and Skills community uses 18th-century tools and techniques to apprentice in and eventually master more than 20 historic trades and skills. These world-renowned experts not...
Colonial Williamsburg Historic Trades & Skills Demonstrations: Milliner & Journeyman Founder
The Colonial Williamsburg Historic Trades and Skills community uses 18th-century tools and techniques to apprentice in and eventually master more than 20 historic trades and skills. These world-renowned experts not...
Sigrid Jakob: “Fruiting Bodies and Big Ideas: a Citizen Science Adventure”
Bird, Tree & Garden Club lunchtime lecture series Sigrid Jakob is a freelance marketing strategist during the day and mycophile in her spare time. She’s an avid member and president...
CHQ Mystic Heart – Dhara Kowal, Zen Buddhism Meditation, seminar and practice
Sensei Dhara Kowal- Kowal is Dharma Successor to Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede, who sanctioned her as a Zen teacher in 2022 and gave her Dharma Transmission in 2025. As a resident...
free
CHQ Dialogues
Free
English Lawn Bowling Tips
Manisha Sinha
Manisha Sinha is the Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut and immediate Past President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. She received...
$20
School of Music: Open Recital
CHQ Dialogues
free
Play CHQ: Float or Sink Challenge
TIME & WATER
Climate Change Initiative-Special Filmmaker Event! Free Admission! Icelandic writer and filmmaker Andri Snær Magnason returns to Chautauqua Cinema with his new film Time & Water, a vibrant elegy which preserves...
Free Admission
Masters Series Masterclass: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation presents Becoming History with Stephen Seals, Nation Builder James Lafayette and Fifes & Drums Experience: Tuesday
During "Becoming History with Stephen Seals, Nation Builder James Lafayette", learn how Colonial Williamsburg’s Nation Builders bring the voices of the past to life with a behind the scenes look...
$49
Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums performance
Old First Night
Old First Night is Chautauqua’s birthday party, and all are invited! In the early years of Chautauqua, the season's first night was not in late June but early August. Therefore,...
Puppy Pals Live – The Action-Packed Comedic Stunt Dog Show
As Seen on America's Got Talent, Puppy Pals Live is a family fun action-packed show where adopted and rescued dogs perform spectacular stunts and breathtaking feats. Watch as Puppy Pals...
$15
PURSUING LIGHT – THE BILL STRICKLAND STORY
Director Karen Somers' documentary Pursuing Light follows the life and legacy of Bill Strickland, whose philosophy of "hope through opportunity" has impacted thousands of lives. This film traces his personal...
Free Admission